Blind Bartimaeus is a good example of a person who
transformed his life by hearing. A beggar
by profession he sat by the road begging for assistance. When he heard about Jesus, he was spurred
into action. He heard how people were
healed, delivered and made whole. He
wanted his life to be different and must have been excited to hear that Jesus
was coming down the very road where he sat. Upon being taken to Jesus, he threw
aside his identity as a beggar (his garment that identified him as a beggar)
and came to Jesus. Jesus asked, “What do
you want?” Bartimaeus responded, “My sight.”
Jesus told him then that his faith had made him well and Bartimaeus’s
sight was instantly healed (Mark 10:46 -52).
Paul wrote in Romans 10:17, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” When Bartimaeus heard about Jesus the healer,
he received faith so that he could be healed.
Because faith came to Bartimaeus by hearing about Jesus and His ministry,
he was able to throw aside old ideas, prejudices and wrong thinking so that his
life was transformed.
Transform your life by spending time with the Lord every day
and allowing your faith to grow. Give
time to hearing Him speak to you through reading and meditating the Scriptures.
Allow your thoughts to be transformed into His thoughts; so that the image that
is seen in the Word of God, is reflected in you.
